One validated gang member was killed and another two were injured in two shootings near the Ridgeside area on Thursday night that left police working the following day to piece together what happened.
Antonio Baldwin, 23, and William Daniel, 21, were found at the Pinewood Apartment complex on the 3300 block of Pinewood Avenue shortly after 7 p.m.
Both were taken to a local hospital for treatment, but Baldwin died during surgery, police said. His death marks the fifth homicide in Chattanooga this year.
Daniel survived, as did Eric Cal, 32, who sustained a minor gunshot wound in a separate shooting less than four hours later at a home on the 1000 block of Jarvis Avenue, about a mile from the first shooting.
A neighbor who lives on that street who asked to remain nameless for fear of retaliation said he and his wife heard four gunshots in quick succession.